Wednesday, October 24, 2012

iExamen 2 Ariana Spagna

Personalities

As a typical human, any one of us
would hope the rest of the population that makes up this world is kind, useful,
and true. However, I am sure through
much experience, most of us have realized that our society is not all kind, useful, and true. After doing an experiment on myself for one
day, being all kind, useful, and true, I noticed some usual results and
reactions of those who I interacted with.

By
no means would I say I am a mean person, but I definitely do not come across as
an overly nice person. So, while doing
this experiment, many began to question me on what was up. I was texting one of my friends who attends
Lehigh, who I have not seen in a while and was telling her how much I missed
her and could not wait to see her and grab lunch thanksgiving break; her reply;
“what’s wrong…are you sick?" She
did not say this as if I was a generally mean person, but because our
friendship is a very comical and joking one, yet can be serious at times when I
need her advice on something.

Throughout
the rest of the day, I greeted people with warm hellos and started
conversations with those whom I did not know. To them, they did not know I was
doing this on purpose. Now, I am not
saying I do not say hi to people or engage in conversation or anything of that
matter, but let’s just say I did it more often than usual that day.

Later
in the night, my best friend from home called me while I was doing work, which
was quite a surprise to me, because she never really has actual phone calls
with me (maybe she was doing this experiment and being unusually nice
too!). I answered the phone in a more
enthusiastic way, due to her calling and right away she asked what was wrong
with me. I laughed and explained to her
that I was happily surprised to receive a phone call from her, because they are
so very rare. Throughout the
conversation, she still questioned me here and there if anything was wrong with
me, because I was not acting normal. The
friendship I have with her is usual and one of a kind, but that is why she has
been my best friend for so long. Our
friendship is majorly based on joking, teasing, unnecessary fighting, and an extreme
amount of sarcastic attitude. To us,
that is what we consider normal and without that our friendship would
definitely not be the same. We go to
each other when we need help with something and are nice to each other
(sometimes!), but the sarcastic attitude and joking is what makes our friendship.

Before
doing this experiment I definitely did not think I would get so many responses
of people with extreme curiosity as to what was going on with me that day. I knew I would be questioned a little bit,
but not nearly as much as I encountered.
After doing this experiment I learned that when being more open and kind
to people, you usually get the same treatment in return. I have especially noticed that the people
from around here are nothing like that people where I come from. In New York, you are lucky if you get a
person to hold the door open for you.
Here, I can be fifty feet behind the person in front of me and they will
wait and hold the door for me until I reach them, which could potentially lead
to the awkward run up to the doors they don’t have to wait forever for your leisurely
walking to reach the door, but it is still the effort and thought that
counts. Of course I love New York, but
it seems to me that it takes a very unique individual to be a part of
Baltimore, especially this campus. In
conclusion, I have enjoyed partaking in this experiment to witness the certain
reactions I have gotten, however, felt it may have hindered me a bit. This is because I felt that I was holding myself
back a bit and not being the true sarcastic, (but nice!) person that I usually
am. Taking this into account, I realized
that it would not be harmful to my personality to be a little bit more nicer
and considerate person.